Serie A

Juventus vs. Cremonese closes matchday 20

Juve host Cremonese as they aim to keep up with the teams at the top, Grigiorossi looking to spring a surprise.

From Cremona to Cremonese: it’s time for the first assessments for Luciano Spalletti, who made his debut at the Zini Stadium exactly ten matchdays ago, on 1st November, securing the first of six victories. In that time, there have also been three draws and one defeat, bringing Juventus back into Champions League contention. Three more points are needed to continue the pursuit. Cremonese will arrive in Turin disappointed after conceding a last-minute draw against Cagliari and are dreaming of a victory, which has eluded them in the league since 7 December, to further enrich an already very positive season so far.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Juventus have won all nine previous meetings in Turin between the two sides: the most recent was a 2–0 win in Serie A 2022/23. Across those nine games, the goal difference stands at 25 Juventus goals to 3 for Cremonese.

Since 1929/30 (the introduction of the single round-robin Serie A format), Cremonese have never beaten Juventus in an official match: 14 Juventus wins and four draws across Serie A and the Coppa Italia, with Cremonese scoring 12 goals and conceding 41.

DID YOU KNOW?

Juventus are the team with the highest number of different goalscorers (15).

Juventus are the team that have scored the most goals from substitutes (5).

Juventus are the team that have gained the most points in second halves compared with the half-time score (+10).

COACHES and PLAYERS

It will be the sixth official meeting between Luciano Spalletti and Davide Nicola: Spalletti has won all five previous encounters.

Against Cagliari, Jamie Vardy scored his fifth goal of the season: it was the Englishman’s 150th goal in Europe’s top five leagues (145 in the Premier League, 5 in Serie A). He had not scored in Serie A since 1 December (Bologna–Cremonese 1–3 at the Dall’Ara, when he scored twice).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none

Cautioned: Locatelli (Juventus); Bondo, Barbieri, Pezzella (Cremonese)

REFEREE

FELICIANI (ROSSI L. – BARONE) IV: CALZAVARA, VAR: GARIGLIO, AVAR: CHIFFI

UPCOMING MATCHES

Cagliari-Juventus (Saturday January 17, 20.45 CET)

Cremonese-Verona (Monday January 19, 18.30 CET)

(Photo Getty Images)